Serve +1 wing split
How often do the Top 20 find their forehand on serve +1 (the shot after the serve) and how much of a cost is there to them hitting backhands instead.
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Forehand vs backhand
Out Wide, Out Wider
Lefty servers really do seem to have a special something on slice wide serves.
The Sinner & Alcaraz Tax
Sinner and Alcaraz tax the top 20 the way they tax everyone else. And nobody can tax them back.
Essay, 2 min read5 charts
Alcaraz Rally Contact
It was so much harder for Alcaraz to play forehands out of his backhand corner (usually a major weapon) in the Monte Carlo final vs Sinner.
Medvedev, the backhand outlier
Medvedev is the only player in the Top 20 who hits more backhands than forehands